A person who fails to relinquish, or who possesses or has custody or control over, any firearm or who purchases, receives or attempts to purchase, possess or receive any firearm, in violation of a temporary extreme risk firearm protection order or a one-year extreme risk firearm protection order is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable pursuant to Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978.
History: Laws 2020, ch. 5, § 11.
Effective dates. — Laws 2020, ch. 5 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May 20, 2020, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 17 - Extreme Risk Firearm Protection Order
Section 40-17-1 - Short title.
Section 40-17-2 - Definitions.
Section 40-17-3 - Forbearance of costs associated with extreme risk firearm protection orders.
Section 40-17-4 - Extreme risk firearm protection orders; venue.
Section 40-17-5 - Petition for extreme risk firearm protection order; contents.
Section 40-17-7 - Hearings on petition; grounds for issuance; contents of order.
Section 40-17-9 - Service of extreme risk firearm protection orders.
Section 40-17-10 - Relinquishment of firearms.
Section 40-17-12 - Extreme risk firearm protection order; reporting of orders; availability of data.
Section 40-17-13 - Extreme risk firearm protection orders; firearms return; disposition.